KARACHI  (PR):  Etihad Airways and Air Canada have signed a MoU for a commercial cooperation agreement that will enhance travel services between the United Arab Emirates and Canada. While the two carriers currently have interline agreements in place for passenger and cargo services, ...

OTTAWA :Canadahas thwarted a terrorist plot on its homeland with the help of US authorities and arrested several suspects, local media said Monday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is scheduled to hold a press conference at theTorontointernational airport at3:30 p.m.(1930 GMT) to provide ...

LONDON   - Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird handed over a case of beer to his US counterpart John Kerry after losing a bet on a women’s ice hockey championships. “While the Canadian women played tremendously well and almost pulled it off, they didn’t quite make it ...

Aasia, a renowned actress who ruled Pakistan’s film industry for years, died in Canada on Saturday.Aasia, who has long been living in Canada, starred in several Urdu and Punjabi films, including the popular Punjabi film Maula Jutt.

OTTAWA - Canada’s trade deficit widened to Can$2 billion (US$2 billion) in November as imports rose and exports fell slightly, the government’s statistics agency said.The eighth consecutive monthly deficit was up from a revised Can$552 million in October, according to Statistics ...

OTTAWA  - Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld an anti-terrorism law enacted after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, ruling unanimously that those who choose to engage in terrorism must “pay a very heavy price.” The law’s constitutionality was ...

OTTAWA - Canada on Friday ordered back its heads of mission in Israel and Ramallah, as well as its envoys to the United Nations and Geneva, over Palestine’s bid for an upgraded status at the United Nations.“Canada is deeply disappointed but not surprised by yesterday’s result at ...

montreal Notorious US pastor Terry Jones said he has been barred from entering Canada after an anti-Islam video he backs triggered violent protests across the Muslim world. Jones was due to speak at a rally in Toronto about the video. The Florida pastor said the Canada Border Services Agency had ...

OTTAWA - A Canadian naval officer arrested this year for leaking secrets to an undisclosed foreign entity pleaded guilty on Wednesday to espionage, Canada’s prosecution service said. Jeffrey Delisle, 41, a naval intelligence officer, was charged in January with communicating over the past ...

OTTAWA - A 77-year-old Canadian woman dubbed the “Internet Black Widow” for marrying widowers and then killing or bilking them has been charged with the attempted murder of her husband of two weeks. Cape Breton police in Canada’s easternmost Nova Scotia province arrested Millie ...

LONDON - Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan bounced to her country's first gold of the 2012 Games on Saturday in the women's individual trampoline event of the gymnastics with an overall score of 57.305. She leapt past China's Huang Shanshan, who took silver with a 56.730 while China's He Wenna claimed ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - A Canadian naval officer arrested this year for allegedly leaking secrets may also have compromised top level Australian, British and American intelligence, a report said Wednesday. Jeffrey Delisle, a naval intelligence officer, was charged in Canada in January with communicating ...

WIMBLEDON - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard claimed the Wimbledon girls’ title Saturday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ukraine’s Elena Svitolina. The 18-year-old, ranked 304 on the WTA list and playing her first Grand Slam singles event, was the first Canadian woman to get to a final in a ...

MILAN  Ryder Hesjedal created cycling history here on Sunday, the Garmin rider becoming the first Canadian to win the Tour of Italy. The 31-year-old landed the first of the season’s big three tours after prising the leader’s pink jersey from Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez at the ...

MONTREAL  - Canada said Saturday it was suspending aid to Mali following a military coup that it condemned as an “attack on democracy.” Ottawa said it was immediately suspending aid programs involving direct payments to the Bamako government, while payments made through ...

BANGKOK  - Canada and Thailand agreed on Friday to hold discussions on a free trade agreement between the two countries, during a visit to the kingdom by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, officials said.Harper, who is in Asia for a regional mini-tour that will include a nuclear summit in Seoul, ...

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada Post unveiled five stamps to mark the centennial of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the recovery of hundreds of victims by four Canadian ships. Four domestic-rate stamps depict the White Star liner’s impressive bow and stern. Another international-rate stamp shows the ...

MONTREAL  - An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants.A separate article in the same issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal warns ...

ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Foreign Affairs would approach Ontario based Canadian multinational telecommunications company Research In Motion (RIM) to secure record of BlackBerry communications between former ambassador to US, Husain Haqqani and Mansoor Ejaz in relation to memogate ...

BOCHUM (Germany) (AFP) - Canada are awaiting a decision on whether talismanic captain Christine Sinclair will be able to line-up against France in a must-win Group A clash at the Women's World Cup here on Thursday (today). Veteran striker Sinclair tested a new mask in training on Tuesday which she ...

TORONTO - Canada can and may accept 'a number of valuable informants from Pakistan who helped the US locate Osama bin Laden, police and immigration officials say. The relocation of high-level Pakistani informants to other countries is part of an international witness protection programme between ...

Captain Ashish Bagai and Jimmy Hansra hit half-centuries as Canada beat Kenya by 5 wickets in their World Cup clash at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi on Monday. Canada chased down the 199-run victory target in 45.3 overs. Bagai and Hansra added 132 runs for the fourth wicket and they came ...

SRI Lanka defeated Canada by 210 runs in a World Cup Group A match on Sunday. Chasing a target of 333 runs, Canada were all out for 122 in 36.5 overs. NZ crush Kenya NEW Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets in a totally lop-sided Group A match Sunday. Details on Sports page Australia vs Zimbabwe at ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Maybe its all those Justin Bieber fans: Canadians log more time on the web and social media, including Facebook and YouTube, than any other nation. The measurement company comScore reported Canada has the highest penetration of Internet access, with around 68% of Canadians ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - No deal in hand to supply civil nuclear technology to Pakistan on the pattern of India, said High Commissioner of Canada Randolph Mank. The energy crunch being faced by Pakistan was well known and the matter has been taken up at the forum of Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP), ...

VANCOUVER (Canada) (AFP) Canadian wheelchair curling skip Jim Armstrong led his team to a gold medal win Saturday in the final match of the Paralympic Winter Games, narrowly beating Korea 8-7. The Canadians reached their final score midway through the game in the fourth end. Tension rose in the ...

VANCOUVER (AFP) Canada ensured it will finish its home Olympics with more gold than anyone else Saturday as Italys Giuliano Razzoli won the slalom to condemn once-proud Austria to their worst mens alpine showing since 1936. On the penultimate day of the Vancouver Games, the Canadians had 13 gold ...

OTTAWA (AFP) - The Canadian economy created 43,000 jobs in January, most of them part-time, and the unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent, official data showed Friday. The Statistics Canada figures were much better than the consensus forecast of 15,000 new jobs and an increase in the unemployment ...

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Jobseekers in Canada fare better if their names sound UK than people with names from Pakistan, China or India, according to a study published Wednesday. Researchers sent 6,000 fake resumes to small and mid-sized employers advertising jobs in Toronto, Canadas largest ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has called for enhanced recruitment of Pakistan's manpower by the Canadian entrepreneurs involved in development of the new agricultural lands in Canada's labour scarce provinces. Talking to the Canadian Minister for Citizenship, Immigration ...